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Remembering the missionary martyrs of Papua New Guinea

September 7, 2024 Catholic News Agency 1

Two children, one of them holding a statue of Blessed Peter To Rot, await the visit of Pope Francis at the Caritas Technical Secondary School in Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea, Sept. 7, 2024 / Credit: Daniel Ibáñez/CNA

Port Moresby, Papua New G… […]

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Pope Francis reflects with wonder on ‘the miracle of the Eucharist’ 

August 18, 2024 Catholic News Agency 1

Pope Francis gives a thumbs-up to pilgrims at the Vatican during the Sunday Angelus, August 11, 2024 / Vatican Media

Vatican City, Aug 18, 2024 / 10:20 am (CNA).
Pope Francis said Sunday that the Eucharist is a “miracle” in which Jesus nourishe… […]

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The Nagasaki mission house built by St. Maximilian Kolbe that survived the atomic bomb 

August 9, 2024 Catholic News Agency 2

St. Maximilian Kolbe (bearded, in front row, center) and his companions in Nagasaki, Japan, in 1936. / Credit: Public Domain/Courtesy of ‘Maximilian Kolbe: The Saint of Auschwitz’/Sophia Institute Press

Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Aug 9, 2024 / … […]

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FOCUS missionaries join Catholic team supporting Olympic athletes in Paris

July 31, 2024 Catholic News Agency 0

Father Joseph Fitzgerald and the Varsity Catholic missionaries are among the 40 Catholic priests, nuns, and laypeople offering spiritual support to the Olympic athletes in Paris. / Credit: Amber Moseley/FOCUS Varsity Catholic

Washington, D.C. N… […]

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Vatican: 20 Catholic missionaries killed in 2023

January 2, 2024 Catholic News Agency 0

Nahida Anton and her daughter Samar Anton were killed as they were walked to the Missionaries of Charity convent in the compound of Holy Family Parish in Gaza on Dec. 16, 2023. / Credit: Father Gabriel Romanelli/Facebook

CNA Staff, Jan 2, 2024 … […]

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Pope Francis praises Matteo Ricci for proclaiming the Gospel in China

May 31, 2023 Catholic News Agency 4

Pope Francis at his general audience in St Peter’s Square on May 31, 2023. / Adi Zace/EWTN

Vatican City, May 31, 2023 / 05:30 am (CNA).
Pope Francis dedicated his entire general audience on Wednesday to sharing the life of Venerable Matteo Ricc… […]

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Pope Francis: Share the Gospel with zeal like St. Francis Xavier

May 17, 2023 Catholic News Agency 2

Pope Francis at his general audience on May 17, 2023 (left) and a painting of St. Francis Xavier in the Church of the Gesù in Rome (right). / Daniel Ibanez/Creative Commons

Vatican City, May 17, 2023 / 04:35 am (CNA).
In a world in which there … […]

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The Italian missionaries who introduced Christianity to Tibet

October 18, 2021 Paolo Fucili 1

For the past 70 years, Tibet has been dominated by China, which is actively trying to erase the region’s cultural and religious roots. The Chinese invasion of Tibet dates back to 1950. In 1959, after […]

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American missionaries reported abducted in Haiti

October 17, 2021 Catholic News Agency 0

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Washington D.C., Oct 17, 2021 / 11:55 am (CNA).
A group of 17 missionaries and family members were abducted in Haiti on Saturday, the New York Times first reported. The missionaries were part of Christian Aid Mi… […]

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Twenty Catholic missionaries killed worldwide in 2020

December 30, 2020 CNA Daily News 1

Vatican City, Dec 30, 2020 / 07:00 am (CNA).- Twenty Catholic missionaries were killed across the world in 2020, the information service of the Pontifical Mission Societies said Wednesday.

Agenzia Fides reported Dec. 30 that those who lost their lives… […]

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